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Guy You Don’t Know Apologizes

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Hey, remember when Louis DeNaples said that he couldn’t recognize John Street because all black people look the same to him? No? Come on, he’s the casino guy who allegedly lied about his mob ties, and we want corporations to make a ton of money on gambling, not mobsters.

Well, anyway, he apologized.

I want to apologize for the insensitivity of this remark. It was wrong, I shouldn’t have said it, and I am very sorry that I did. It came during the course of an exhaustive day of testimony, and it occurred as I was being shown a number of black and white photographs and being asked whether I recognized any of the individuals in the photos.

When I answered, I was referring to my inability to distinguish the people in those photos, and I just didn’t do a very good job of making that point. My remark really was in reference to the difficulty I was having identifying anyone in the photos.

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Well, At Least He’s Honest About It


Louis DeNaples in 2006 told investigators from the state Gaming Control Board: “To me, black people all look alike.”

Eh, it’s not really all that much different from John Street asking if a dead Frank Sinatra would make a campaign appearance for him.

Street ‘wouldn’t recognize’ big donor [Daily News]